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This role offers a fantastic opportunity for a Dietitian looking to establish a career with a company where great food and nutrition is an integral part of the business. Reporting directly to the Senior Dietitian, you will have an exciting role supporting nutrition standards and ensuring we make a real difference to our customers and business through the application of evidence-based nutrition. Based in the New Product Development (NPD) team, the successful candidate will be responsible for delivering outstanding nutrition and dietetic support across all key areas of our business including Healthcare, Care Homes, Education and Wiltshire Farm Foods. As such, this role will directly impact and support the nutritional well-being of all our customers including those in hospital, care home residents, children in school and customers in their own homes. This role will work closely NPD, Marketing & PR, and the Specialist Nutrition team while also supporting colleagues in business and support roles. This will involve supporting national exhibitions/trade shows and attending food and nutrition conferences. Training and support will be provided. This is a rare opportunity for a dietitian looking to utilise and expand on their skills in PR and Marketing whilst also applying their nutrition expertise to food development.
Job Responsibility:
Business Unit support and customer service
Customer facing support to our business unit teams across all sectors of the business including Healthcare, Wiltshire Farm Foods, Care homes, Schools and Community meals. Including presentations, responding to customer queries , menu development & planning and nutrition training
Manage dietary and nutrition information in brochures (e.g. Wiltshire Farm Foods special diets guide)
Support Business unit teams at key conferences and trade shows
Liaise regularly with dietitians and other healthcare professionals to provide direct support and advice on apetito products, systems and service and to build strong customer relationships
Engage with customers and consumers to stimulate and identify new opportunities
Product development
Work closely with colleagues to identify, research and manage new product development opportunities that create competitive advantage and maintain or improve appropriate nutrition standards
Specify nutrition and diet parameters for new and improved products and ensure these are met
Ensure all Health and Nutrition claims are compliant with current legislation
Work closely with the Specialist Nutrition team to define special diet specifications and briefs
Staff training and support
Strive to continually raise the nutrition and dietary expertise in our business. (e.g. through training programmes for new product launches , inductions and across our Wiltshire Farm Foods network)
Policy and practice
Keep apetito up-to-date with nutrition and diet activities and trends (particularly in our key markets) and proactively drive related policies and reviews
Maintain nutrition standards across all sectors of the business including healthcare, Wiltshire Farm Foods, care homes and community meals
Challenge current practice with a view to gaining competitive advantage through nutrition and diet improvements
Contribure externally in nutrition areas of strategic importance to the company (external professional Associations)
Marketing and public relations
Support marketing activities requiring nutrition and diet input (e.g. attend key multiplier conferences & trade shows, support P.R. activities, produce articles for newsletters and other publications and advise on marketing strategies from a diet, health and nutrition perspective)
Requirements:
Dietitian, with a BSc/MSc equivalent in Dietetics, or a post-graduate qualification
Registered with the UK Health and Care Professions Council
Member of the British Dietetic Association
Full driving licence
Clinical dietetic experience (Band 5), ideally including care of the elderly and experience supporting people living with dysphagia
Nice to have:
Experience practicing and working as a dietitian at a senior level (NHS band 6 or above)
Experience of working with/alongside hospital catering departments and/or as a Food Service Dietitian
Food manufacturing, product development or catering experience
BDA specialist group member e.g. the Food Services Specialist Group or Older Person’s Specialist Group
Knowledge and working experience of nutritional standards in hospitals, care homes, education settings including early years and local authority settings in the UK
Knowledge of public health nutrition guidelines and/or School Food Standards
Food hygiene certificate
What we offer:
Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
Discretionary annual bonus scheme
Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
Subsidised canteen
Free parking
Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts
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